04-25-2017, 09:20 AM
Charlie B Wrote:And Bruce has proof that this locomotive was still 3004 in 1994 when, according to Don Ross it was supposed to have been renumbered to 3018 in April of 76, and isn't listed on the rosters I have found.Charlie,So possibly Bruce will know the real history of this unit. (I hope) The one I have pictured was Conrail 3281.
Charlie
I rechecked the date on the photo and it is August of 1994. I did a search thru Google and found a pic of CR 3004 leading a freight thru Columbiana, OH dated 12/22/94 on Railroad Pictured Archives. Went thru my CR books and found in "Conrail the Final Years 1992-1997" by Paul Withers, that CR 3004 was listed as being retired on 9/25/90, brought back into service and then again retired again on 7/20/93. In the same book they also have a photo of 3004 in use at Millville, NJ on 6/19/95. With the info from my photo, the one from RR Pictures Archives and from Withers book have no clue when 3004 was retired or if it was ever renumbered.
Bruce
I've been away for some weeks and came home to find my computer not allowing me to access the internet. My cable company advises that everything is OK on their end, so until the problem is resolved I won't be able to post pics on Big Blue.